Protesting the alleged police raids in the village of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung at Patleybas in Darjeeling yesterday, the party today held its central committee meeting at its Singamari office and decided to enquire with the state government about the raids.
After the meeting, GJM central committee member Raju Pradhan said leaders condemned the police raids, and that they decided to ask the state government why innocent people are being harassed.
Police swooped down on two houses in the village last night, as they said Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) member Sanjay Thulung, who has been linked with the recent arms and ammunition haul in Assam, had been taking shelter there. Since the arms haul on 8 November and since fingers started pointing at Mr Thulung, the GTA official, and also the GJMM youth leader, has been absconding.
“Police have acted in similar fashion and they exercise monopoly in the hills whenever our party president is out of Darjeeling,” Mr Pradhan said.
“GJMM is a party that has all different elected leaders, like MLAs, councilors and GTA members. Hence, it is their (police) responsibility to look after the inconveniences of the common public and not harass them,” he added.
According to him, the three MLAs of the three hill sub-divisions will inquire about the raids with the state government and the police administration.
Darjeeling SP, AK Chaturvedi, however, said they had merely conducted ‘patrolling’ and not raids in the area, following reports that Mr Thulung was hiding there.
Almost all top GJMM leaders, including the party president, Mr Gurung, left for Delhi on 15 November, and are presently on a pilgrimage to Banaras.
Source: thestatesman
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| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung |
Police swooped down on two houses in the village last night, as they said Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) member Sanjay Thulung, who has been linked with the recent arms and ammunition haul in Assam, had been taking shelter there. Since the arms haul on 8 November and since fingers started pointing at Mr Thulung, the GTA official, and also the GJMM youth leader, has been absconding.
“Police have acted in similar fashion and they exercise monopoly in the hills whenever our party president is out of Darjeeling,” Mr Pradhan said.
“GJMM is a party that has all different elected leaders, like MLAs, councilors and GTA members. Hence, it is their (police) responsibility to look after the inconveniences of the common public and not harass them,” he added.
According to him, the three MLAs of the three hill sub-divisions will inquire about the raids with the state government and the police administration.
Darjeeling SP, AK Chaturvedi, however, said they had merely conducted ‘patrolling’ and not raids in the area, following reports that Mr Thulung was hiding there.
Almost all top GJMM leaders, including the party president, Mr Gurung, left for Delhi on 15 November, and are presently on a pilgrimage to Banaras.
Source: thestatesman
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